Pie-plate



I To all whom it may concern:

`with a lateral projecting flange, and then ex UNITED STATES l PA-*IHNT OFFICE.

JOHN A. sHAMAN, on oHIcAGO, ILLINOIS.

`PHE-PLATE.

-I sPEcIFIoATIoN ferming part ef Letters ratent No. 284,244, dated september 4, V1883.

Application filed' February 2, 1883. (N6 model.)

Beit known that I, JOHN A. SEAMAN, of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pie-Plates, of whichl the following is a description that will enable others to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of `reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates `to improvements in that class of plates more especially intended to be used as a bake-plate, the object being to provide a plate that will retain all the juices in the pie ,and it consists in providing a plate tendingupwardfrom this iiange or rim aborder, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure lis alongitudinal section of a device embodying my improvement; Fig. 2, a top orface view, and Fig. 3, a modiiication in perspective.

` body of the plate-proper, B, thehorizontal Referring to the drawings, A represents the inclosing the edge of the-pie, effectually pre-1 vents the juices fromiescaping.

The objections tothe ordinary bake-plate are that the rich and nutritious juices from the berries and fruit, with the addition of the sugar used in making pastry,escape during the process of baking and leave the pie comparatively dry and tasteless. juices also burn on the bottom of the oven and fill the house with disagreeable odors. By this j arrangement I retain all the juices in the `pie The escaping l and obviate all the objections to the ordinary bake-plate.

The plate maybe composedv of either metal or earthenware, and may be Aof any desired shape, either rectangular or circular.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a pie or bake plate provided With the Outer inclosingrim, C, turned upward at an angle corresponding to the body of the plate proper, whereby the juices of the pastry are prevented from escaping during the process of baking, substantially as set forth. A 2.A The combination, with the flange B, of the ring C, forming an offset on which the upper and lower crust of the pieare united, substantially as described. I I

3. The combination, with the plate or body A, of the flange B and the outer rim or border, C, substantially as described.

JOHN A. SEAMAN.

Witnesses:

L. D. DUNNING, C. S. JONEs. 

